"moussaka" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /muːˈsɑːkə/ Forms: moussakas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːkə Etymology: Borrowed from Greek μουσακάς (mousakás), from Turkish musakka, from Arabic مُسَقَّعَة (musaqqaʕa) or originally from Arabic مُصَقَّعَة (muṣaqqaʕa), from the trilateral root ص ق ع (ṣ q ʕ): “to hit, to pound, to smash”. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|el|μουσακάς}} Greek μουσακάς (mousakás), {{der|en|tr|musakka}} Turkish musakka, {{der|en|ar|مُسَقَّعَة}} Arabic مُسَقَّعَة (musaqqaʕa), {{der|en|ar|مُصَقَّعَة}} Arabic مُصَقَّعَة (muṣaqqaʕa), {{ar-root|ص ق ع|nocat=1}} ص ق ع (ṣ q ʕ), {{root|en|ar|ص ق ع}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} moussaka (countable and uncountable, plural moussakas)
  1. A dish consisting of layers of minced lamb or beef, sliced aubergine (eggplant) or potatoes, tomatoes and béchamel sauce, baked in the oven. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Foods Synonyms: mousaka Translations (baked dish): مُسَقَّعَة (musaqqaʕa) (Arabic), مُصَقَّعَة (muṣaqqaʕa) (Arabic), مُسَقَّعَة (musaggaʕa) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), مُصَقَّعَة (muṣaggaʕa) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), մուսակա (musaka) (Armenian), мусака (musaka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), moussaka [masculine] (Dutch), musaka (Finnish), μουσακάς (mousakás) [masculine] (Greek), מוסקה [feminine] (Hebrew), ムサカ (musaka) (Japanese), мусака (musaka) [feminine] (Macedonian), musaka [feminine] (Polish), moussaka [feminine] (Portuguese), mussaca [feminine] (Portuguese), musaca (Romanian), муса́ка (musáka) [feminine] (Russian), муса̀ка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), musàka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), musakka (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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